AMBASSADOR COLLEGE LIBRARY

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PASADENA, CALIFORNIA

MARCH 27, 1978

TEAM TO DIRECT MINISTERIAL A C T I V I T I E S

M r . T e d Armstrong h a s named a six-man team o f h e a d q u a r t e r s p e r s o n n e l t o work w i t h t h e United S t a t e s area c o o r d i n a t o r s i n d i r e c t i n g m i n i s t e r i a l a c t i v i t i e s . The men are C. Wayne C o l e , Ted H e r l o f s o n , Robert Kuhn, A r t Mokarow, J i m T h o r n h i l l and Ray Wright.

Each team member w i l l c o n t r i b u t e i n a s p e c i a l area. Ted H e r l o f s o n w i l l be concerned w i t h matters s u c h as manpower, a u t o m o b i l e s , e x p e n s e a c c o u n t s ; Robert Kuhn w i l l c o n t i n u e t o c o o r d i n a t e t h e o l o g i c a l p r o j e c t s such a s t h e S y s t e m a t i c Theology Project and d o c t r i n a l a d m i n i s t r a t i o n ; Art Mokarow will work w i t h m i n i s t e r i a l e d u c a t i o n and development; J i m T h o r n h i l l w i l l c o o r d i n a t e YOU a c t i v i t i e s ; Ray Wright, a s v i c e p r e s i d e n t f o r f i n a n c i a l a f f a i r s , w i l l c o o r d i n a t e b u d g e t a r y c o n s i d e r a t i o n s ; and Wayne C o l e as an a s s i s t a n t t o M r . Armstrong w i l l c o o r d i n a t e t h e team and f o l l o w t h r o u g h f o r M r . Armstrong t o implement t h e new growth r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s o u t l i n e d i n h i s March 20 meeting w i t h U . S . and Canad i a n area c o o r d i n a t o r s , and o t h e r l e a d i n g h e a d q u a r t e r s p e r s o n n e l .
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C o l e , who w i l l be moving t o Pasadena f r o m Vancouver where h e w a s d i r e c t o r of t h e Canadian Work, w i l l be r e p l a c e d by B o b Morton, p r e s e n t c l y r e g i o n a l d i r e c t o r of t h e Work i n N e w Zealand.
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PLEASE ANNOUNCE: Due t o t h e overwhelming number of r e q u e s t s f o r t h e B i b l e Hymnals, w e are s o r r y t o announce t h a t t h e s u p p l y of hymnals is now e x h a u s t e d . Any f u r t h e r r e q u e s t s f o r hymnals can n o t be honored and y o u r check w i l l be r e t u r n e d t o you. Hymnals w i l l a g a i n be o f f e r e d t o t h e members a t a f u t u r e d a t e .

Concerning E l e a n o r Ivy: I f any of you Pastors have any q u e s t i o n s a b o u t t h i s young woman p l e a s e c o n t a c t L a r r y N e f f , p a s t o r i n Tucson, Arizona.
We a r e g e t t i n g i n q u i r i e s as t o t h e a v a i l a b i l i t y of Mr. GTA's book, THE REAL JESUS, on tape. The Radio P r o d u c t i o n Department reports t h a t it i s n o t going t o be r e c o r d e d .

I n r e s p o n s e t o Mr. Ted Armstrong's r e c e n t l e t t e r s t a t i n g t h a t members s h o u l d pay t i t h e s and o f f e r i n g s t o t h e Church, some members have asked i f t h i s a p p l i e s t o t h o s e on t h e matching g i f t s program. Our a t t o r n e y , Mr. Ralph Helge, h a s s e n t a l e t t e r t o a l l on t h e program s t a t i n g t h a t g i f t matching is a s p e c i a l e x c e p t i o n and t h a t it i s p e r m i s s i b l e t o c o n t i n u e as t h e y w e r e (The matter can be accounted and compensated f o r i n budgeting). --Ted H e r l o f s o n , M i n i s t e r i a l S e r v i c e s 0 .
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I f y o u know of c u r r e n t job o p e n i n g s i n b u s i n e s s e s i n y o u r area, o r know of someone who m i g h t , a n d f e e l a n Ambassador g r a d u a t e c o u l d be h e l p f u l i n y o u r l o c a l a r e a , w e w o u l d b e happy t o f o r w a r d a resume book t o you. A l l A r e a C o o r d i n a t o r s h a v e received a copy of t h e resume book a l r e a d y . P l e a s e s e n d y o u r r e q u e s t s f o r b o o k s t o Ambassador C o l l e g e , Career S e r v i c e s O f f i c e , 300 W e s t G r e e n - S t . , P a s a d e n a , CA 91123, or c a l l 213-577-5020. --Robert D. O b e r l a n d e r , Career S e r v i c e s
A.C. TURNS DOWN VISTA DEL ARROYO The l a t e s t d e v e l o p m e n t i n Ambassador C o l l e g e s b i d for t h e V i s t a d e l A r r o y o p r o p e r t y w a s p u b l i s h e d in t h e P a s a d e n a S t a r N e w s o n S u n d a y , March 2 6 . W i t h p e r m i s s i o n f r o m t h e Star N e w s , t h e i r f r o n t p a g e a r t i c l e i s r e p r o d u c e d below. --Les S t o c k e r , C o l l e g e R e l a t i o n s

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J u s t d a y s ago Mr. Ted Armstrong a p p o i n t e d Dr. Donald Ward, f o r m e r academic dean on t h e Texas campus, a s e x e c u t i v e vice p r e s i d e n t of t h e c o l l e g e i n Pasadena. D r . Ward i s a l r e a d y here i n Pasadena g e t t i n g a c q u a i n t e d w i t h t h o s e h e w i l l be working w i t h and g a t h e r i n g d a t a f r o m a d m i n i s t r a t i o n , f a c u l t y and s t u d e n t s t h a t w i l l h e l p h i m perform h i s d u t i e s . The f a m i l y move w i l l . be complete as s o o n as h i s t w o d a u g h t e r s f i n i s h t h i s y e a r ' s s c h o o l i n g i n Texas. Meanwhile h e p l a n s t o commute t o h i s home i n T y l e r , Texas on a s many weekends as p o s s i b l e .
DR. WARD ALREADY ON THE JOB!'

The week of March 2 4 w a s s l i g h t l y below average f o r t h e m a i l , b u t t h e b r i e f l u l l a c t u a l l y h e l p e d u s t o c a t c h up from p r e v i o u s heavy weeks. W e r e c e i v e d a p p r o x i m a t e l y 30,000 l e t t e r s d u r i n g t h e week, and 9 , 5 0 5 phone c a l l s . Response t o t h e B u i l d i n g Fund l e t t e r c o n t i n u e d t o be a s i g n i f i c a n t i t e m i n t h e m a i l . --Richard R i c e , M a i l P r o c e s s i n g C e n t e r
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ON THE WORLD SCENE

DOLLAR W E O S The pressure on t h e U . S . d o l l a r c o n t i n u e s unabated. In Tokyo t h i s morning, t h e yen s l i p p e d t o a n o t h e r record low, j u s t b a r e l y above 225 yen t o t h e d o l l a r . When I w a s i n Tokyo l a s t J u l y t h e r a t e w a s 270:

S t o r i e s o u t of t h e o i l p r o d u c i n g n a t i o n s are h i n t i n g more and more t h a t some OPEC powers, s o a l a r m e d o v e r t h e d e c l i n e o f t h e d o l l a r , a r e p u s h i n g for a c u t i n t h e l i n k between o i l price and t h e d o l l a r ; t h a t i s , no l o n g e r t o p r i c e it i n American c u r r e n c y b u t i n a n o t h e r , o r p e r h a p s a new r a t e r e f l e c t i n g s e v e r a l s t r o n g c u r r e n c i e s , s u c h as t h e D-mark, S w i s s f r a n c and t h e yen.

I f s u c h a move o c c u r r e d and t h e r e are some d o u b t s i t c a n be e f f e c t e d now, s i n c e t h e d o l l a r i s t h e w o r l d ' s o n l y major reserve currency there c o u l d be a m a s s i v e dumping of t h e d o l l a r around t h e world c o l l a p s i n g i t s v a l u e e v e n more. I f OPEC does n o t adopt such a move a t t h i s d a t e , it i s c e r t a i n l y a p o s s i b i l i t y l a t e r o n . They may j u s t s e t t l e f o r a h i k e i n p r i c e of o i l f o r now.

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Meanwhile, P r e s i d e n t C a r t e r e n b a r k s on a weeklong f o r e i g n t r i p , l e a v i n g b e h i n d u r g e n t m e m o s f r o = t o p o f f i c i a l s t o exercise h i s p r e s i d e n t i a l power and impose a s t i f f t a x on imported o i l . H e i s n o t l i k e l y t o do so u n l e s s t h e OPEC mini-summit on A p r i l . 3 forces h i s hand. --Gene H. Hogberg, N e w s Bureau
ABOUT THAT PT COVER:

I g o t back from N e w York t h e o t h e r n i g h t , t i r e d , j e t - l a g g e d and bone weary o n l y t o f i n d t h a t I had been r e c e i v i n g phone c a l l s a b o u t t h e c o v e r o f t h e A p r i l PT. I had n o t y e t s e e n a p r i n t e d e d i t i o n m y s e l f . A p p a r e n t l y advance c o p i e s had been w i d e l y c i r c u l a t e d here i n Pasadena.

The c o v e r p i c t u r e , b a s i c a l l y a h e a d and s h o u l d e r s s h o t of a couple embracing, w a s t o i l l u s t r a t e B o b G i n s k e y ' s a r t i c l e e n t i t l e d "Who I n v e n t e d Sex?" which i s a c t u a l l y a n a n t i - e v o l u t i o n piece. Some were

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few s a i d t h e y t h o u g h t t h e cover w a s " b e a u t i f u l " and " i n v e r y good t a s t e . " One s a i d it would be e x c e l l e n t f o r t h e newsstands. A 14y e a r - o l d boy s a i d , " B i g deal."
I immediately t h o u g h t of some e a r l i e r examples of r e a c t i o n s t o p i c s and c o v e r s . T h e r e w a s t h e t i m e when w e had a f l o o d of m a i l over g i r l s i n t e n n i s s k i r t s o n t h e A.C. campus; once people w e r e v e r y u p s e t o v e r a p i c t u r e of GTA p l a y i n g b a s k e t b a l l on t h e c o v e r o f t h e TW; t h e n there w a s t h e Rodin s t a t u e p i c used i n QUEST And now,

M editor's ulcer y h e r e w e are a g a i n a n o t h e r c o n t r o v e r s i a l cover! p a l p i t a t e d n o t i c e a b l y as I c o n t e m p l a t e d a n o t h e r " h a s s l e . " So I t h o u g h t I would t a k e t h e i n i t i a t i v e and e x p l a i n . The c o v e r p i x w a s a l a s t - m i n u t e s e l e c t i o n made u n d e r p r e s s u r e because t h e p h o t o g r a p h e r i n NYC who h a d been commissioned t o do a cover p i c d i d n ' t come t h r o u g h . A t t h e l a s t m i n u t e h e s e n t u s o n e o f h i s s t o c k p h o t o s which w e d i d n o t ask f o r . P r e s s d e a d l i n e s were c l o s i n g i n on M r . GTA w a s o u t of town so I u s and w e had t o go w i t h something. c o u l d n ' t g e t h i s a d v i c e on t h e p i c i n q u e s t i o n . W e decided t h a t s i n c e t h e p i c w a s n o t o b s c e n e , was t a s t e f u l l y photographed, and i n no way a p p e a l s t o o n e ' s p r u r i e n t i n t e r e s t s , w e would t a k e a chance and go ahead and u s e i t . W e had l i t t l e t i m e t o p l a y around w i t h . So I approved i t i n t h e a b s e n c e o f M r . Ted Armstrong hoping t h a t it would meet w i t h h i s approval.
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T h a t was a m i s t a k e . When Frank Brown s a w t h e c o v e r p i c i n England h e phoned m e and sounded t h e alarm. I immediately a p p r o v e d a new c o v e r f o r a l l t h e f o r e i g n 0 So t h e S p a n i s h , German, e d i t i o n s including t h e English International. Dutch and French e d i t i o n s h a v e a d i f f e r e n t c o v e r -- a p i c t u r e o f t h e J o d r e l l Bank r a d i o telescope. I t ' s n o t e x a c t l y a grabber. But it was t h e b e s t w e c o u l d do under t h e t i m e l i m i t a t i o n s .
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I n a d d i t i o n we've managed t o change t h e c o v e r on a b o u t 3 8 0 , 0 0 0 o f t h e e d i t i o n which were b e i n g p r i n t e d i n B r i t a i n . So, when you add not i t a l l up, t h e m a j o r i t y of t h e PT r e a d e r s h i p , worldwide, w i l l r e c e i v e t h e c o n t r o v e r s i a l cover.

I a c c e p t f u l l r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r t h e f a u x pas and I d i d what I c o u l d to r e c t i f y i t . I t w o n ' t happen a g a i n . Next t i m e I'll l i s t e n t o my " V ~ b c s "and r e j e c t any c o v e r t h a t l o o k s l i k e i t might u p s e t any 8 i g t l i f i c a n t e l e m e n t of o u r m a i l i n g l i s t -- i n c l u d i n g c h u r c h members -no nlattcr how i n c o n v e n i e n t i t may b e t o do so.
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I j u s t r e t u r n e d from a v e r y s u c c e s s f u l t r i p t o 0 been g o i n g t h e r e o c c a s i o n a l l y t o l e a r n from some of t h e IIa4 Vciterans o f t h e p u b l i s h i n g w o r l d whose t a l e n t s have been ellad f o r QUEST 78. One man, a f o r m e r e x e c u t i v e e d i t o r of PL i f e H e had r e a d t h o r o u g h l y t h e l a s t si.x Wmplimentary o f t h e PT.

e d i t i o n s (which i s m o r e t h a n I can s a y f o r s o m e of o u r people!) and h e s a i d , "That magazine i s , p r e t t y good." H e w a s e s p e c i a l l y impressed with t h e d e s i g n and l a y o u t of t h e magazine and t h e a r t i c l e s H e s a i d , " T h e r e ' s s o m e good s t u f f i n c o n t r i b u t e d by Carole R i t t e r . there." Thanks! W e needed t h a t ! O f c o u r s e many of o u r own p e o p l e have been very impressed w i t h t h e g r a p h i c s o f t h e March PT. But it i s h a r d e r t o find "honor" among y o u r own p e o p l e . To t h o s e of you o u t t h e r e i n t h e f i e l d who have been s u p p o r t i v e of t h e PT, THANK YOU ! --Brian Knowles, E d i t o r i a l S e r v i c e s

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